Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

Journal of Biology and Life Science (JBLS) is a peer-reviewed, open access journal, published by Macrothink Institute. It publishes original articles in all areas of Biology and Life Science.

Authors are encouraged to submit complete unpublished and original works, which are not under review in any other journals. The scopes of the journal include, but not limited to, the following topic areas: Biology, Life Science, Anatomy, Botany, Cytology, Genetics, Microbiology, Physiology, Zoology, Ecology, Hydrobiology, Neurobiology, Developmental Biology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Biotechnology.

The journal is published in online version which is free access and download.

Section Policies

Articles

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Peer Review Process

We use a double-blind system for peer review; both reviewers’ and authors’ identities remain anonymous. The paper will be reviewed by at least two experts: one editorial staff member and at least one external reviewer. The review process may take two to three weeks.

Publication Frequency

2015-2018 Semiannual, published in February and August

2013-2014 Semiannual, published in February and August

2010-2012 Annual, published in August

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...

Index/List/Archive

CrossRef

Gale's Academic Databases

Genamics JournalSeek

GetInfo

Google Scholar

J-Gate

Journal Directory

JournalTOCs

LOCKSS

MediaFinder®-Standard Periodical Directory

PKP Open Archives Harvester

ProQuest

Sherpa/Romeo

Standard Periodical Directory

UTS Library

WorldCat

Journal Metrics

1. Google-based Impact Factor (2016): 1.70

The impact factor (IF) or Journal impact factor (JIF) normally referred to is the proprietary journal impact factor from Thomson Reuters calculated based on the Web of Science (WOS) and published in the Journal Citation Reports® (JCR). Currently, this journal hasn’t been indexed in Thomson Reuters JCR. Therefore, its official JCR®JIF is not yet available.

However, Google Scholar now provides an alternative Google-based impact factor. Google Scholar is the only openly available database suitable for journal metric calculation. It has a wide coverage and is a meaningful source. For this reason, Macrothink Institute is calculating its own Impact Factor by applying Thomson Reuters'(TR) algorithm based on Google Scholar's citation counts.

The 2016 Google-based impact factor of this journal would be calculated as follows:

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